Accession number
PML 37229
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London : Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
Frontispiece port. of Henry VII, engr. by John Payne (d. 1647?).
Title within architectural border.
First ed. - 2nd issue (STC 1160).
Title within architectural border.
First ed. - 2nd issue (STC 1160).
Description
2 p. ., 248 p. : front. (port.) ; 28 cm
Provenance
Thomas Nelson, signature, 17th century (under engraving of Henry VII); Will Massie, signature, 17th century (leaf B1r); Isaac Leheup (1686-1747), Baron von Diescau, of Gunthorp Norfolk, bookplate (title page verso); G. Walter Steeves (1854-1915); his sale, Sotheby's, 25 May 1916, lot 44; Roland R. Redmond, bookplate (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Roland R. Redmond, March 1942.
Binding
Brown gilt-tooled calf; repaired by Duprez Lahey.
Classification
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Department